The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-10-28

nleuh when cnlmtaAten an tlio huttetaig i
struggle Qf 1876. When The memorable 4
Fourteenth 81 September was being onadied 1
Ia the City OF New Orieanas was on thAt /
night Yith company IRON trenton under I
Mcleod, and 4 company from Monroe and I
vicinity under Logan, holding IN check riot /
Gus negroes ON the De Hinrd. When the mer-
oenariGa Of Kellogg were tramping through /
South Lonisiana / was arranging with Gel. {
o. H. Moore with 900 men from Riohiand to /
capture the entire force At CARPENTER ata- I
ton, in. that parrish Inc ianeuted Dan
their expected appearance in North I4oniai- 4
ana TO reinAtate the Green's whom Patterson |
had driven away At the head Of hundred |
men, In the town Of Vienna.
Thus In every loeality was shown RESTLESS
and determined spirit during the lqngt dis 4
astrous and oppressive, reign Of TINS ahen |
the front, not because OF his Identification /
4 with any Of these events, but because Of |
/ Confederate record and manned condition. !
/ to arOuae the eympathies Of the people and +
enlist them in one united and concerted /
1 effort. We all reeolieCt his intense cuuserFa-
tiSm, his unwillngneas y, continue an, AZ
could ba saved. Had his ADVICE been tpl- 1
/ lowed our redemption would have been
long deferred. well remeInher the |
| his entry in Monroe, As he got Oh the cars |
| Iheobalds was 1iling by with his squadron ut |
cavalry returning from the anppyesqing O
| on Mr. SpOfiOrd, who was one Of the cam
| paign party at the Monroe House NJ night,
how genuine was hie alarm lest We should be
| aggressive. Az held his fQyeriah IA nd az
| he lay in bod, he chung to mine and pressed
l ~ with earneatness and exclaimed; MY
young friend, don't do anything that Will
mar the great victory that awaits ~; OH II
| you had been at NatchitocheH and had seen
\ the blaze OF enthusiasm among tho people
You would do nothing 70 mar the fruit q our
ii i needless 70 say that in Natehitoehea
where conservative campaign WAS conduct
ed, the Radicals polied their entire etrenRth.
The contest for our Liberation had been
fought and won strictly on the color
line, The negroes had drawn IL, the eArpet-
baggeTs used IL, and
WE AccEFTED THE ISSUE
and broke ii into Fragments, with the full be-
Lief and confidence thAtwe were ehtaplahihg
q white mans g0Yernm0nt ~ was tins tbAt
neryed IS FOR So many years Bnt Gov,
Nichols carried into HIS government the
conservatism that he maintained IN the can
he appointed PinGhbaok and Oazelar on the
State School Board Of EducatQni and there
was no quorum to break when this board ap-
iegToes on the school boafds,. and there WAS
no quorum to break when no vetoed the
/. Clinton and Baton Range Railroad charter
because II made d discrimination IN its pas
senRer accommodations against the negro;
and there was no quorum 10 break when he
refused to disband the negro militia II ia.
f0nrehG. There was no quOrnlI 70 break
when he declared to Wayne MoYeigh aud
others Of Hayes commission
~ am thoroughly satisfied mat anu course
or political attt9H traced on q iiarr0toeIt ti1te
than the good or l'e tCh0ie people, REGARDLESS
lr color Of condition, must t,euitabiD lead %
disaster dna ruin
~ bot,s e1J,aesfI3I sdqfgbt 10 nJ3tst-ate tHs
oolor MA IN pgiitias ana Consolidate ne peqpia
M tJe basis al etJli1I YiJts ana common itfl,
MN M aa gs'i * aI so, E 9rat b sag
ma His aeat ol5eet Is about q oe Realised !.
tIFssANo1s 4, NroHnIT,a u
fhAFo's -
And there was no quorum 70 break when
: | lie declared that ha would Join with
! any marty or color tn defeat she
: ring, meaning the regular Democratic
party, represented through q DEMOCRATIC
/, | Convention Has Gov. Nichols changed
! hia opinions since his laHt otheIal
/ announcement ID fbsA2 Has le ti4ed and
N g ns , WIZ sn9 MI
Viii ia ye rs solya, whether this still reIaainBa
white MANS government sac white mans
g vine, Dr Palmer, that God Almighty has
Z himself drawn the color line, sud that cur
. civilization has 20 DO worked ont by Ylnte
g brains, white muscle and hitg sYfnpathiss,
: and tfkt the other races must work Out is
y redemDtl0n Ia the limo appointed by irAYl-
denoa under tha leadefship and dlitc55sEoasl 81
I, its power III shared iJs administration with
q All inferior raee Eatdianptin time meet vail
z tberscorded verdict n history; IhelTa Will "
g w6slnlg gi eaeEgP md consuming 81. PaHer,
e II isR denial of the Divine calling II the M
= ton which has been BORNE 20 IT'S tqlhimeni
IS bs tllo Father such q nation VIII BE- sWepl
e from jte sule foHHdatiqnB NJ ita eyistapee,
p and mi inst viii be discovered ~ il Will ba
g N the colGssai fraRmehts9t 10 qfegite9t9Lel
}, erected Ia tic uoontile Of ~ BplepdQr. ~
dates IN i'll cyee will BE Yainly sought tn thf
le fading iiues and ncattered stones Oh lt5
y Buildings.
" fset Il, a1l 4 eIief tbsi
~ tbe Bsnioeratie farty Aus beeI iliYidea u
Bhe oftirt4ls III the STATE into two ah8liutel
II dstipct elasses tie one including III IL SOM
. III th6 purest and best men 81 fppiRana
te a}td ygh6 ara eyreeted on M OCCASIONS tn vet
ID Win fhe paTly and insure its SUCCESS, bu
o. Who arc rttidlg excluded from all laTtieipa
r. Ron Tx its eoiiiseis md its h0nors; he nttie
in 4 Dacked botiy made mo OF the persona